JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JUNE 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    June 2000  June 1999    June 2000   June 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,158       1,074         972      2,032
Others                    824         869         980      1,026
Fresh
Pacific sockeye            12           6          13          9
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       78          88          60         71
Atlantic salmon         1,926       1,795       1,324      1,258
Yellowfin tuna          2,589       2,249       1,870      1,520
Bluefin tuna              280         435         348        510
Bigeye tuna             1,611       1,507       1,313      1,038
Southern bluefin tuna     619         407       1,396        851
Sea bream                  75         136          46         81
Billfish                  106         108          77         72
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 167          92         145         74
Pacific sockeye           824         809         524        956
Pacific coho            2,137       1,298       1,030        800
Other Pacific salmon      872         701         392        355
Pink salmon             2,407       4,018       1,261      2,366
Atlantic salmon         3,100       2,194         168      1,111
Other salmon               68          64          33         37
Halibut                 4,852       2,581       1,902      1,036
Albacore tuna              29          43           7         11
Yellowfin tuna         10,843       5,745       2,272      2,607
Skipjack                4,552       7,292         251        689
Bluefin tuna               60          95          95        216
Bigeye tuna            10,795       9,238       7,003      8,710
Herring                13,236      10,342       2,029      2,121
Cod                     1,390       1,527         375        423
Mackerel                4,387       2,833         494        317
Mero                      474         744         306        596
Jack mackerel           1,165       1,439         153        241
Sea bream                 208         206          56         61
Capelin                 1,842       8,994         373      2,034
Billfish                  588       1,147         157        321
Spanish mackerel           14         178           5         51
Rockfish                4,480       2,995       1,157        855
Sablefish               1,719       1,831       1,664      1,804
Herring roe                38         100          11         36
Pollock roe             6,105      10,782      12,150     14,735
Mero, fillet              212         553         241        660
Swordfish, fillet          67         163          34         84
Pollock surimi          6,601       3,266       1,491      1,017
Cod Surimi                969         541         176        130
Threadfin bream         4,164       3,547         770        796
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             1,926       1,645       3,317      3,192
Pollock roe               207         282         374        364
Salmon roe                185         179         311        298
Shellfish
Live/fresh
Sea urchin                808         831         498        445
Arkshell                  783       1,081         309        384
Spiny lobster             205         213         638        631
King crab               1,187       1,269         532        594
Tanner crab             3,314       2,135         985        623
Blue crab                  13          22          27         25
Other crab                312         553         247        420
Oyster                    601         297          26        146
Clam                    1,166       1,215         261        278
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             511         437       1,058        746
Lobster                   274         144         436        242
Shrimp                 20,905      17,673      23,976     19,703
King crab               1,251       1,166       2,054      1,543
Tanner crab             6,382       5,891       6,815      6,164
Blue crab                 706         380         299        162
Other crab                130          65         102         20
European cuttlefish       780         995         401        491
Octopus                 5,239       5,355       1,657      2,598
Scallop                    84         151          86        240
Other cuttlefish        2,083       2,209       1,262      1,543
Squid                     189         518          27         87
Abalone                    51          32         235        190
Salted/dried                 
Squid                     221          37         152         29
Sea urchin roe             31          49          73         87
Jellyfish               1,011         785         324        418
Seaweed, dried            601         649         304        434
Seaweed, salted           721       1,079          72        134
Prepared                     
Eel                    10,341       5,911      13,085      9,040
Canned crab                 3           -           4          -
Fish meal              19,021      33,185       1,093      2,287

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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